While Democrat Ron Wyden's victory in the Oregon special election
is sure to spark speculation about which party will win big this
November, it also shows how the money of average Americans can be
used against their wishes.
After all, the AFL-CIO and other labor unions provided
tremendous support for Wyden's candidacy. And all too often labor
union officials rely…

Washington loves to wring its hands over a complex problem few
people understand, enact reforms that don't really solve it, and
then crow about having made the world a better place when election
time rolls around. This is exactly what will happen as a result of
a "reform" enacted last year ostensibly to end taxpayer-subsidized
lobbying and political activity.
The…

In a startling decision that calls into question whether some
congressional appropriators heard the message of the 1994
elections, House and Senate negotiators have scuttled an apparent
agreement to curb welfare for lobbyists. The decision to sidetrack
action on proposals to limit politicking by federal grant
recipients was intended to free the appropriations…

A few weeks ago, just prior to a House vote on the issue, the
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) suddenly announced
it was launching a massive grassroots campaign to oppose Medicare
reform proposals in Congress. Media reports indicated that AARP,
after months of soft-pedaling on the issue, would be establishing
"campaign-style" field offices in "key…

Washington lobbyists may be in your state -- and they are trying
to scare you.
They believe that once you hear what the House of
Representatives is up to -- it voted recently to end welfare for
lobbyists -- you'll be as scared as they are.
If the proposed reform legislation passes, these "beltway
bandits" no longer will be able to use government grants --…

My name is John Q. Specialinterest. I am testifying
today on behalf of Americans for a Happy Tomorrow (AHT), which
represents senior citizens, environmentalists, school lunch
servers, and the dispossessed. In the last fiscal year, AHT
received $73 million from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL),
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and…

To compel a man to furnish funds
for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful
and tyrannical.
- Thomas Jefferson
INTRODUCTION
The federal government subsidizes lobbying by tax-exempt and
other organizations through grants and contracts to advocacy
groups. Each year, the American taxpayers provide more than $39
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